diff --git a/packages/semver/src/executors/version/index.e2e.spec.ts b/packages/semver/src/executors/version/index.e2e.spec.ts
index 5a385bc0e..17161d175 100644
--- a/packages/semver/src/executors/version/index.e2e.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/semver/src/executors/version/index.e2e.spec.ts
@@ -433,9 +433,9 @@ describe('@jscutlery/semver', () => {
     });
 
     it('should bump package version', () => {
-      expect(readFile(`${testingWorkspace.root}/libs/b/package.json`)).toMatch(
-        /"version": "0.3.0"/,
-      );
+      expect(
+        readFile(`${testingWorkspace.root}/dist/libs/b/package.json`),
+      ).toMatch(/"version": "0.3.0"/);
     });
 
     it('should generate CHANGELOG.md', () => {
diff --git a/packages/semver/src/generators/migrate-nx-release/index.spec.ts b/packages/semver/src/generators/migrate-nx-release/index.spec.ts
index dfe68dcd5..26b95a30e 100644
--- a/packages/semver/src/generators/migrate-nx-release/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/semver/src/generators/migrate-nx-release/index.spec.ts
@@ -137,6 +137,14 @@ describe('Nx Release Migration', () => {
       expect(release!.projectsRelationship).toEqual('independent');
     });
 
+    it('should configure pre version command', async () => {
+      await setupSemver();
+
+      expect(release!.version!.preVersionCommand).toEqual(
+        'npm run nx run-many -t build',
+      );
+    });
+
     it('should configure git with --skipCommit', async () => {
       await setupSemver({ skipCommit: true });
 
diff --git a/packages/semver/src/generators/migrate-nx-release/index.ts b/packages/semver/src/generators/migrate-nx-release/index.ts
index 8b53d11a1..c9cbf22c7 100644
--- a/packages/semver/src/generators/migrate-nx-release/index.ts
+++ b/packages/semver/src/generators/migrate-nx-release/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   installPackagesTask,
   updateJson,
   NxJsonConfiguration,
+  detectPackageManager,
 } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { VersionBuilderSchema } from '../../executors/version/schema';
 import { defaultHeader } from '../../executors/version/utils/changelog';
@@ -176,11 +177,19 @@ function configureNxRelease(
     ({ executor }) => executor?.includes('semver:github') ?? false,
   );
 
-  nxJson.release ??= {
+  if (nxJson.release) {
+    logger.info('Nx Release already configured, overwriting configuration.');
+  }
+
+  const pm = detectPackageManager(tree.root);
+  const runCmd = pm === 'yarn' ? 'yarn' : pm === 'npm' ? 'npx' : 'pnpm exec';
+
+  nxJson.release = {
     releaseTagPattern: `${tagPrefix}{version}`,
     projects: semverProjects.map(([projectName]) => projectName),
     projectsRelationship: 'independent',
     version: {
+      preVersionCommand: `${runCmd} nx run-many -t build`,
       conventionalCommits: true,
     },
     git: {